CVE-2020-7314

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the installer in McAfee Data Exchange Layer (DXL) Client for Mac shipped with McAfee Agent (MA) for Mac prior to MA 5.6.6 allows local users to run commands as root via incorrectly applied permissions on temporary files.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

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CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10325

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_agent:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-09-10 10:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 03:25

NVD link : CVE-2020-7314

Mitre link : CVE-2020-7314

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-7314

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

mcafee_agent

CWE

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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